Rita Volpe and Sovrintendenza Present New Discoveries Under Trajan’s Baths

October 2013

October 31, 2013

Having the Conversations That Matter

In 2010 Academy Director Christopher S. Celenza, FAAR’94, began the “Conversations That Matter” series with the aim of fostering discussions on mainstream issues in the public eye that affect society as whole, both inside and outside academia.

Mark Robbins, FAAR’97, Named New President of the American Academy in Rome

“On behalf of the Board of Trustees and the Presidential Search Committee I am enormously pleased to announce the selection of Mark Robbins, FAAR’97, as the President and CEO-elect of the American Academy in Rome,” said Mary Margaret Jones, FAAR’97, Chairman of the Academy, in a statement released today.

Dan Hurlin is the winner of the Jesse Howard, Jr. Rome Prize in Visual Arts, the Director of the Graduate Program in Theatre and a Professor of Theatre and Dance at Sarah Lawrence College, and an Artist in New York City.

ANAMERICANA On View at the Academy

Christopher Wickham Lectures on the Origin of Rome’s City Commune

Oxford University’s Chichele Professor of Medieval History Christopher Wickham delivered the final lecture of a three-part series entitled “The Origin of Italian City Communes 1050-1150” to eager audiences at the Villa Aurelia last Wednesday.

The Inaugural Reception of a Centennial Year

The Academy community and its friends gathered in the twilight hours of a beautiful autumn evening at the Villa Aurelia to ring in the academic year, introduce new Fellows and present the program of public events to Trustees, Advisors, Friends, and many Roman guests.